Posterior foraminotomy or anterior discectomy with polymethyl methacrylate interbody stabilization for cervical soft disc disease: Results in 292 patients with monoradiculopathy

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1207-1214

  Korinth, Marcus C ^a   Krüger, Anja ^a   Oertel, Markus F ^a   Gilsbach, Joachim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical disc disease; Foraminotomy; Long term outcome; Polymethyl methacrylate; Radiculopathy; Soft disc; Ventral discectomy

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; PALACOS; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; PARAPLEGIA; POSTERIOR FORAMINOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33646803490     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000217604.02663.59     Document Type: Article

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